follow-ups
Subsequent contact attempts
Follow-ups are subsequent actions, communications, or appointments that continue something already begun.
A doctor schedules a follow-up after an initial visit.
A salesperson makes follow-up calls to prospects.
I have three follow-ups to send before end of day.
The term implies checking in, pursuing further, or ensuring completion of an earlier matter.
Requests for information
- clarificationsStatements removing ambiguity
- emailsDigital written messages
- callsContacts by telephone
- messagesSent pieces of communication
reminders · requests · queries · responses · replies · correspondence · callbacks · check-ins
Scheduled times for meetings
- checkupsRoutine medical evaluations
- consultationsAdvisory meetings with experts
- examinationsFormal tests of knowledge
- screeningsScheduled film viewings
tests · visits · reassessments · monitoring · bloodwork · scans · biopsies · referrals
Indirect results of actions
- aftereffectsDelayed secondary consequences
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
- outcomesFinal results achieved
- resultsWhat follows from effort
implications · fallout · sequelae · blowback · spillover · reverberations · side-effects · backlash
Narrative continuations
- developmentsEvents showing progress
- progressionsOrdered forward movements
- extensionsAdditions that lengthen
- additionsThings joined to existing wholes
supplements · installments · updates · revisions · iterations · tasks · to-dos · assignments
questions
Requests for information
- clarificationsStatements removing ambiguity
- emailsDigital written messages
- callsContacts by telephone
messages · reminders · requests · queries · responses · replies · correspondence · callbacks · check-ins · nudges
appointments
Scheduled times for meetings
- checkupsRoutine medical evaluations
- consultationsAdvisory meetings with experts
- examinationsFormal tests of knowledge
screenings · tests · visits · reassessments · monitoring · bloodwork · scans · biopsies · referrals · evaluations
repercussions
Indirect results of actions
- aftereffectsDelayed secondary consequences
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
- outcomesFinal results achieved
results · implications · fallout · sequelae · blowback · spillover · reverberations · side-effects · backlash
sequels
Narrative continuations
- developmentsEvents showing progress
- progressionsOrdered forward movements
- extensionsAdditions that lengthen
additions · supplements · installments · updates · revisions · iterations · tasks · to-dos · assignments · deliverables
- cold callingsales pitch, rejection, gatekeepers, voicemail, callbacks
- book sequelssequels, series, trilogies, book series, novel series
- Customer Service Topicsquestions, queries, requests, complaints, feedback
- job fairsrecruiters, employers, job seekers, jobseekers, resumes
- taskstask, tasks, chore, errand, to-dos
- to-dostasks, chores, errands, reminders, deadlines
follow-upsfirst contacts
Earliest meetings between parties
introductions · initiations · originals · openers · debuts
follow-upsconclusions
Judgments reached through reasoning
closures · abandonments · drop-offs · neglects · terminations
follow-upsabandonments
Acts of forsaking completely
neglect · drop-offs · ghosting · disengagements · ignoring